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Gold/Mining/Energy : Complaining Canadian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: The Fix who wrote (7)3/9/2000 10:52:00 PM
From: seismic_guru  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 22
 
Fix, I don't doubt that this is going on with some of the brokers, heck I've even thought about doing it myself (he,he). But the problem is that more than half of the discount brokers I have talked to didn't seem to understand market dynamics or how secuities are transacted very well (probally even a scarier dirty little secret). Not sure what they learn in this 10 week course they take, but I think a better solution might be to hire all those people who spent the 70's and early 80's keypunching computer cards and stick them in front of a screen so they can just type in our orders (I guess the only way the system can go is up (I hope).

Cheers.....SG :)



To: The Fix who wrote (7)3/10/2000 9:08:00 AM
From: Stephen Bedingfield  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 22
 
I have been using Action Direct since i started using a discount broker and plan to switch if i can find one better (not TD, Scotia, BoM, etc). How does Schwab Canada compare? How long does it take to get a live broker? What about ease of use of their website?

Does anyone have comments on E*Trade Canada?

stephen